If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. VATICAN CITY – In his first interview as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV talked ...

Pope Leo XIV's wide-ranging interview with a veteran Vatican journalist offered the world the first chance to hear the new pope speak on several hot-button issues in his own words. Leo's comments ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly,” in excerpts of ...

“We have to continue to remind ourselves of the potential that humanity has to overcome the violence and the hatred that is just dividing us more and more,” Leo said in the interview. “We live in ...

VATICAN CITY – In his first interview as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV talked about his concerns about income inequality, polarization and the need for peace. "We have to continue to ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Sunday (Sept. 14), the Catholic news website Crux published excerpts of Pope Leo XIV’s first extended interview with any media outlet, giving the first look at his perspective ...